Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda scored 8 wins and 3 draws to win the March 6 Freestyle Friday tournament with 9.5/11 points. Runner-up Martyn Kravtsiv won 7 times, drew 3 times and lost once, which led him to finish second with 8.5 points.

The Freestyle Friday (March 6, 2026) Top 5 are:

Place Player Score TB Prize
1. 🇵🇱 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 9.5 68.5 $400
2. 🇺🇦 GM Martyn Kravtsiv 8.5 69.5 $250
3. 🇺🇿 IM Almas Rakhmatullaev 8.5 64.6 $150
4. 🇺🇦 GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 8.5 60 $100
5. 🇫🇷 IM Marco Materia 8 70 -

Freestyle Friday is a weekly Chess.com event for verified titled players, featuring the Chess960 variant. The event is an 11-round Swiss tournament with a 3+1 time control featuring a $1,000 weekly prize fund. This event is a part of the 2026 Freestyle Friday Championship, the winner of which will qualify for the 2027 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship.

Credit: Lennart Ootes